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Cardiomyopathy and Your Child What is cardiomyopathy? Cardiomyopathy is disease of the heart muscle. It makes it harder for the heart to pump blood. There are different types of the disease. Each of these can cause the heart muscle to get larger, thicken, or become stiff
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Phoenix Children’s Expands Leadership Team to Strengthen Its Renowned Center for Heart Care
New collaborative leadership model enhances integration, supports growth and advances care for pediatric heart patients.
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Anemia in Children What is anemia in children? Anemia is a common problem in children. About 20% of children in the U.S. will be diagnosed with anemia at some point. A child who has anemia doesn't have enough red blood cells or hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a type of protein that
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Acute Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) in Children What is acute spinal cord injury (SCI) in children? The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that carries messages between the brain and the rest of the body. It sends instructions from the brain to the body and carries sensory information
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Phoenix Children’s has established the following guidelines for arranging interviews, filming or photo opportunities. These guidelines apply to in-person interviews on any Phoenix Children’s campus, as well as virtual interviews with physicians, nurses, staff and/or patient
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Leukemia in Children What is leukemia in children? Leukemia is cancer that starts in young (immature) blood cells. It’s the most common kind of cancer in children. The leukemia cells grow in bone marrow and then go out into the blood. The bone marrow is the soft, spongy center of
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Head Injury What is a head injury? A head injury is a broad term that describes many injuries that occur to the scalp, skull, brain, and underlying tissue and blood vessels in the head. Head injuries are also commonly referred to as brain injury, or traumatic brain injury (TBI)
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Phoenix Children’s Named a “Best Children’s Hospital” by U.S. News & World Report
For the twelfth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Phoenix Children’s among the nation’s “Best Children’s Hospitals.” The health system also earned recognition as the top children’s hospital in Arizona for the second consecutive year. Only 35 states and Washington, D.C. were home to hospitals with a top state distinction, per U.S. News.
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Headaches in Children What is a headache in children? A headache is pain or discomfort in one or more areas of the head or face. Headaches can happen once in a while. Or they may happen often. Headaches are often divided into two groups, based on what causes them: Primary
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Lung Transplantation in Children What is a lung transplant? A lung transplant is surgery to remove 1 or both diseased lungs and replace them with healthy lungs from a suitable organ donor. In most cases, lungs that are transplanted come from people who have died and donated their